Art Director
Help guide a creative flock of rad freelance artists in the manifestation and implementation of magical vistas that capture the imagination.
Necessary Experience (Tools)
● Photoshop
● InDesign
● Acrobat/PDF
● Word
● Excel
● Asana
● Teams
Jobs (Tasks)
- Positively and proactively communicate with your lead and the rest of the team as needed. Constructive criticism is always encouraged!
- Communicate with the Creative Director (by project via Asana).
- Communicate with all freelance artists (by project viaTeams).
- Help compose art requests using available resources and communication with authors and the respective creative director. Important to be clear on page size/dimensions of request. (Google Drive/Track via Asana).
- Submit art requests to artists depending upon who is best capable of producing the quality and type of art that best fits the respective final project/product (Google Drive/Track via Asana).
- Prior to layout: Communicate with Layout Artist during art production process so correct dimensions are left for incoming artwork.
- Prior to layout: Communicate with Layout Artist and Design Lead to assist and create the page design and templates such as stationary background, sidebars, colors, themes, etc.
- Check in with artists and project teams to make sure work is turned in and accepted on time. Any fixes must be communicated quickly to freelance artists and performed by them under your oversight so as not to slow down the process.
- Final overview with the Creative Director and then the Project Design Team before moving to layout.
- Work closely with layout as images, sidebars, and other elements come together within InDesign. Page by page and page spread reviews on a regular basis are important to stay up to date with the project/process.
- Communicate with the Creative Director and Publisher throughout the layout process and share completed page spreads for feedback (first few before layout gets too far ahead).
Note: This is a freelance position with steady work lasting a year or more.
Apply for this position by sending a resume and relevant samples of your work in PDF format to jonathan@aawgames.com
Graphic Designer
Create professional and totally metal graphics that blow minds and slay dragons.
- Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and the Creative Cloud Suite
- Experience creating graphics for tabletop roleplaying games, such as icons, logos, custom stationary for use in our books, layout templates, crowdfunding promos, advertisements, website graphics, etc.
- Experience creating graphics for book covers and working with templates
- Ability to work with art and publishing team on projects and make changes when needed
- Ability to work with templates from multiple printers/publishing companies
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Willingness to commit to regular turnover of final product
- Must be able to work well in a team setting and exercise regular and proactive communication
Note: This is a freelance position with steady work lasting a year or more.
Apply for this position by sending a resume and relevant samples of your work in PDF format to jonathan@aawgames.com
Layout Professional
Gather organic, magical, and cursed ingredients to prepare completely original and mind-blowing layouts for tabletop RPG books in PDF and print.
- Knowledge of InDesign CS3 or higher
- Knowledge of Acrobat 7 or higher
- Extensive experience laying out tabletop roleplaying game books
- Experience with D&D 5e formatting and layout
- Willingness to learn formatting and layout standards of other RPGs
- Ability to work with editor and follow in-house style guide
- Ability to work with templates
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Willingness to commit to regular turnover of final product
- Must be able to work well in a team setting and exercise regular and proactive communication
- Note: This is a freelance position with steady work lasting a year or more.
- Apply for this position by sending a resume and relevant samples of your work in PDF format to jonathan@aawgames.com